ENGCOMP 495M

Teaching Preparation Seminar: Clusters

English Composition · 2 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)

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Limited to graduate students. Required of all Clusters teaching assistants in their first quarter with Clusters. Training focused on student-centered pedagogy, reflective teaching, composition pedagogy, assessment of student writing, guidance of revision process, and specialized teaching issues that may occur in Clusters context. Practical concerns of lesson planning, discussion leading, responding to and grading essays, and conducting peer reviews and conferences.

S/U grading.

When it runs

Fall 2025
Fall 2026

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

UCLA lists no requisites for this course.

Requires

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Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

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